From the beginning of Monteverdi to the end of J.S Bach, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonderful baroque music on offer with Stretta today!
One of the key features of this period, was the introduction of the figured bass or basso continuo. The continuous, uninterrupted bass line forms the harmonic basis for baroque music. The harmony developed from the sacred, modal style, to the major-minor system that we use today.
Expression in baroque music was shaped by the doctrine of affect. There was a rich system of figures that corresponded to a musical rhetoric, with which human emotion could be portrayed musically.
In Italy, opera emerged as a new form of expression, combining words, text, plot and staging. Other popular musical forms of the time were the concerto grosso, the suite, the fugue, the Baroque Sonata, the cantata and the oratorio. The most famous oratorios of the time were written by J.S Bach, the Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion.
for: Descant recorder [violin/cornett], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2911
Chaconne, from: Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627
for: 2 flutes [oboes/violins], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2722
First complete edition with full commentary
for: Descant recorder
Music score
Item no.: 200592
for: Piccolo [treble recorder], piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 310655
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Flute
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115740
aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
bearbeitet für Violine (Oboe) und Klavier
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
Urtext from the New Bach Edition – Revised (NBArev)
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773593
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 498364
Part 1: BWV 846-869
Henle Urtext Edition
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401105
mit Fingersatz (Michael Schneidt)
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630388
for: Flute
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401439
Transcribed by August Stradal (1860-1930). Contains the famous Andante / Adagio
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1008807
Faksimile
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 633092
Aria aus dem "Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach"
bearbeitet für Chor (SATB), Oboe, Streicher (ad lib.) und Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe, basso continuo; strings ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2051
op. 5 Nr. 12
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1177
Zwölf Tokkaten, Ciacona, Passacaglia, Nova Cyclopeias Harmonica
Band III der Reihe "Süddeutsche Orgelmeister des Barock"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 608500
Complete Organ Works (Urtext Edition)
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 487140
Analytische Studie
for: Violin
Book (Hardcover), CD
Item no.: 131819
New revised version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577618
arranged for Viola solo
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 1011750
Leicht spielbare Stücke aus Barock, Klassik und Romantik
für Orgel (manualiter, Pedal ad lib.)
for: Organ (manuals, ped. ad lib)
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 630821
(Urtext)
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 285179
für Violine ohne Baß (Faksimile und Übertragung)
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 382238
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Oboe, violin, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 216546
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1154
Trumpet Voluntary from "Choice lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinet"
for 2 Trumpets and Organ / Piano
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3483
From Organ Sonata No. 4 E minor
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209890
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796372
op. 12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724891
Choralvorspiel, BWV 721
a 2 Clav. e Pedale
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3368
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Flute [treble recorder], basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116299
45 Songs
Realizations by Benjamin Britten
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 489729
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Harpsichord
3 music scores
Item no.: 142410
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
BWV 1001–1006
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 378868
Songs 1-25
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 144145
aus: Ricercari per Violoncello solo (1689)
for: Cello, basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 6421
Oper/Operette
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 483783
for flute and piano
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404287
Nach den Suiten für Violoncello ohne Bass, BWV 1007-1012
L'arte del flauto
for: Flute
Ensemble score
Item no.: 215241
without fingering
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664942
revised edition
replaces HN 169
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 638975
aus "Pièces de Clavecin, Dix-Huitième Ordre"
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 4243
for Violin solo
Edited from the souce – Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665570
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778190
Die 143 Stücke für Viola da Gamba solo in der Bibliothèque municipale von Tournus
for: Viola da gamba
Music score
Item no.: 622917
Including Suite de Clavecin by Christian Petzold
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 194732
Collection Maurice André
for: Trumpet, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 143817
Thema und Variationen
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 418417